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Get rifles sighted for deer season

IOLA – The Iola Conservation Club will host a free rifle sight-in clinic on Saturday, Nov. 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Sunday, Nov. 15, from noon to 3 p.m. Hunters can have their rifles zeroed …

Enchanted Tails offers a custom grooming experience

STEVENS POINT—Haley Epstein and Sophie Tokarski, owners of Enchanted Tails, are offering a one-of-a-kind grooming experience for dogs and cats in Stevens Point. They traded in their office chairs …
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WPD Administrative Assistant retires after 25 years of service

Waupaca Police Department’s Administrative Assistant, Jeri Allen, retired after more than 25 years of public service. She served in the U.S. Air Force, later with the Waupaca County Sheriff's …
Pigeon River Artists painted the new mural on the Clintonville Area Ambulance building. Snoopy is driving the ambulance. .Bert Lehman Photo

New mural honors Clintonville EMS

CLINTONVILLE — The building that houses Clintonville Area Ambulance now features a new mural honoring the EMS professionals who have served Clintonville and surrounding communities for the past 46 …
Sports

Stevens Point Boys Basketball Preview

The Stevens Point Panthers enter the 2026–2027 season looking to build upon a strong 2025–2026 campaign where they were 19-7 and 8-2 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference and disciplined defense …

Hortonville Boys Basketball preview

With a significant portion of last season’s core graduating, the Hortonville Polar Bears enter the upcoming basketball season with a fresh look and a clear identity. Hortonville will look to …
Packerland
The Green Bay Press-Gazette headline read “Ted Fritsch 3-Sport Coach at Central Catholic,” announcing his selection among 26 applicants for a role at the Norbertine school. Fritsch would …
“I tend to tell people when they ask, ‘Hey, did your dad ever hold any records?’ Well, yeah, he kicked the 52-yard field goal in New York… and it was just like a snap, a hold, and he was a …
Opinion

The Time Machine We Already Own

Dear Reader, The past does not make an appointment. A letter falls out of a box carried from house to house and never opened. A song from a high school dance comes on in a store. Burning leaves …

Police and Courts
Calling 911
Waupaca County Sheriff’s Report Nov. 4 • Nov. 2 – Rawhide Youth Services reported a juvenile runaway. • Nov. 2 – A man reported his door was opened in the morning “as if someone …
Stevens Point Police Report
Oct. 30 – A 23-year-old man was issued a citation for urinating in public on Crosby Avenue. Oct. 30 – An intoxicated 65-year-old man was cited for littering and disorderly conduct at Burger …
Juvenile recommended for disorderly conduct and terrorist threats charges
CLINTONVILLE – A 16-year-old juvenile student who made comments “regarding causing harm to a student and the school” was referred to Waupaca County Human Services for the charges of disorderly …
Calling 911
• Oct. 19 – A man reported a vehicle passed by and a passenger threw out a pumpkin that hit his mailbox. • Oct. 19 – A woman called from a bank to report a man was there and he believed …
Obituaries
Margaret (Peg) Hackbarth
Margaret (Peg) Hackbarth
Margaret (Peg) Hackbarth, formerly of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and more recently of Waupaca, Wisconsin, died at Bethany Home in Waupaca at the age of 102. Peg was born on January 4, 1924, in Wausau, …
Phillip E. Durrant
Phillip E. Durrant
Phillip E. Durrant, age 77, of Waupaca, WI, passed away on Monday, November 9th, 2026 at his residence. He was born in Marshfield, WI on July 31, 1949, a son of the late Evan and Mildred (Rosicky) …
Lyle M. Mikulski
Lyle M. Mikulski, age 84 of Marion passed away on Sunday evening, November 8, 2026 peacefully at home. Lyle Martin Mikulski was born on February 6, 1942 in New London, son to the late Martin and Myra …
Kenneth J. Tourville
Kenneth J. Tourville , age 87, of Waupaca, passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2026, at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on June 11, 1939, in …
Arnold Abel
age 71, of Waupaca, WI, passed away surrounded by his loving family at Cherry Meadows in Appleton, WI, on Sunday, November 8, 2026. He was born on December 21, 1954, in Appleton, WI, to Arnold and …
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